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Year: 2022

A life full of love and magic: Eva S. Borenitsch

Posted on February 21, 2022

Eva Susan Borenitsch was magical. She knew no limits. “We called her our little unicorn,” says her mom Emily Borenitsch.

Posted in 2022, Clinics, Neurodevelopmental Disabilities, News, Rare Disorders, Speech & Language, UCEDDTagged Christie Turcott, Communications Aids & Systems Clinic, Eva Borenitsch, MECP2, Medical Genetics Clinic, Neuromotor Development Clinic, Rett syndrome, Sarah Marshall

Ben Parrell, PhD – Slide of the Week

Posted on February 18, 2022

Speakers were presented with different auditory perturbations to both vowels in the word “bedhead” (left panel); one vowel was altered toward the vowel /æ/ (“had”) and the other toward /ɪ/ (“hid”), with the order balanced across participants.

Posted in Slide of the WeekTagged Auditory Perturbations, Ben Parrell, Slide of the Week

Researchers are using machine learning to understand how brain cells work

Posted on February 18, 2022

For something so small, neurons can be quite complex — not only because there are billions of them in a brain, but because their function can be influenced by many factors, like their shape and genetic makeup.

Posted in 2022, News, ResearchTagged AI, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Manifold Learning, Neurons

Caroline A Niziolek, PhD – Slide of the Week

Posted on February 13, 2022

Title: A single exposure to altered auditory feedback causes observable sensorimotor adaptation in speech Legend: A: The average first formant frequency (F1) trajectory for vowels that were spoken during (“compensation”; at left) or immediately after …

Posted in Slide of the WeekTagged Auditory Feedback, Caroline Niziolek, Slide of the Week

UW study finds photoreceptor cells from retinal organoids can replicate key functions of vision

Posted on February 8, 2022

Source: School of Medicine and Public Health Image above: A mature retinal organoid (left) and its cone photoreceptors Researchers from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health have successfully shown that a …

Posted in 2022, News, Research, Vision

Celebrando los diez años de participación en investigación de la familia Manlick

Posted on February 6, 2022

English Pensamientos de gratitud: la familia Manlick Por Emily Leclerc, Escritora Científica, Waisman Center James Manlick irá al baile de bienvenida de la escuela este año y simplemente no puede contener su emoción. Una gran …

Posted in 2022, Espanol, Fragile X Syndrome, News, Thoughts of Gratitude

Celebrating the Manlick family’s ten years of research participation

Posted on February 6, 2022

James Manlick is going to homecoming this year and he simply can’t contain his excitement. A huge smile lights up his face as he talks about the dance.

Posted in 2022, Fragile X Syndrome, Neurodevelopmental Disabilities, News, Speech & Language, Thoughts of GratitudeTagged Audra Sterling, Fragile X Syndrome, James Manlick, Manlick family, Research Participation, Thoughts of Gratitude

Tracy Hagemann, PhD – Slide of the Week

Posted on January 31, 2022

Alexander disease (AxD) is a devastating leukodystrophy caused by gain-of-function mutations in GFAP, and the only available treatments are supportive. Recent advances in antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) therapy have demonstrated that transcript targeting can be a successful strategy for human neurodegenerative diseases amenable to this approach.

Posted in Slide of the WeekTagged Alexander disease, Tracy Hagemann

Marsha Mailick, PhD – Slide of the Week

Posted on January 21, 2022

Title: Association between FMR1 CGG Repeat Number Polymorphism and Phenotypic Variation in the General Population Legend: Associations between CGG repeat lengths and phenotypes. (A) Linear association with IQ. (B) Linear association with college graduate (males only). (C) …

Posted in Slide of the WeekTagged Fragile X Syndrome, Marsha Mailick

Lauren Bishop honored with Deborah K. Padgett Early Career Achievement Award

Posted on January 19, 2022

Lauren Bishop, PhD, an assistant professor in the School of Social Work and a Waisman Center investigator, was recently honored with the 2022 Deborah K. Padgett Early Career Achievement Award from the Society for Social Work and Research.

Posted in Awards, Awards and Honors, NewsTagged Lauren Bishop
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